Obtain a model from the portal

 

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Portal models can be obtained using three different ways, depending on where the code using them resides.

JNDI lookup

A JNDI lookup can be performed for code that resides in a request/response cycle of the portal, for example in a JSP. The lookup results in a home interface from which a model provider can be obtained. Interfaces for the models mentioned above can be found in com.ibm.portal.model. To avoid calling the JNDI lookup too often, IBM recommends to store the provider object. The following example, which is only applicable to non-portlet code running inside of a portal, shows how the content model is obtained using a JNDI lookup. 

try {
   Context ctx = new InitialContext();

   ContentModelHome home = (ContentModelHome)
                    ctx.lookup("portal:service/model/ContentModel");

   if (home != null) 
   {
      ContentModelProvider provider = home.getContentModelProvider();
      ContentModel model = provider.getContentModel(aRequest, aResponse);
      ...
   }
}
catch (NamingException nx)
{
    // some error handling code here }

Portlet service (standard portlet API)

Standard portlets can access models through specific portlet services. These are located in com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.model. The following example shows how the navigation model is obtained by a standard portlet. 

PortletServiceHome psh;
javax.naming.Context ctx = new javax.naming.InitialContext();
boolean serviceAvailable = false;
try 
{
   psh = (PortletServiceHome) 
      ctx.lookup("portletservice/com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.model.NavigationModelProvider");
      serviceAvailable = true;
}
catch(javax.naming.NameNotFoundException ex) 
{
   ... error handling...
}
...
if (serviceAvailable) 
{
   NavigationModelProvider provider = (NavigationModelProvider)
                           psh.getPortletService(NavigationModelProvider.class);

   NavigationModel model = provider.getNavigationModel(aRequest, aResponse);
  ...
}

Portlet service (IBM Portlet API)

IBM portlets can access models through specific portlet services. These are located in com.ibm.portal.ibmportlet.service.model. The following example shows how the navigation model is obtained by an IBM portlet. 

NavigationModelProvider provider = (NavigationModelProvider) 
   PortletContext.getService("com.ibm.portal.ibmportlet.service.model.NavigationModelProvider");

if (provider != null) 
{
   NavigationModel model = provider.getNavigationModel(aRequest, aResponse);
  ...
}

Portlets accessing the portal models must not be enabled for parallel portlet rendering

 

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